Discharge Upon a Finding of Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity

Discharge Upon a Finding of Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity. (a) After entry of judgment of not guilty by reason of mental illness, disease or defect, the court shall discharge the defendant from custody as in the case of all other persons found not guilty. (b) The defendant discharged from custody may be subject to involuntary civil commitment, and if proceedings are brought against him within a reasonably short time after his discharge from custody, all evidence relevant to his mental condition introduced at the criminal trial shall become part of the record on the trial on involuntary civil commitment and need not be repeated. Source: PL 8-37, § 5 (§ 6604).